Trump’s ‘War Crimes’

Advisory Opinions

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🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Sarah Isgur and David French discuss President Donald Trump’s rhetoric over Iran, what constitutes a war crime, and what happens if a military officer fails to obey an order or regulation. The Agenda:–John Mulaney gives SCOTUSblog a shoutout–Threatening war crimes–Will President Donald Trump ever see the Hague–Judge Scalia rolling over in his grave–Article 92 and disobeying orders–David answers questions Order Sarah’s book here. Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—click here. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ready?
0:02.0	I was born ready.
0:04.0	Welcome to Advisory Opinions. I'm Sarah Isger. That's David French. And boy, we got a pod today.
0:26.4	John Malaney reads Scotus blog. And then we're going to switch to war crimes. Scalia, turning over in his grave over legislative history. And is David so wrong about large language models
0:40.9	and artificial intelligence? And before we dive in, David, my book is officially out on Tuesday,
0:48.5	last branch standing. And I just thought that AO listeners would enjoy knowing that on Tuesday morning, the day the book
0:56.7	comes out, I am going on The View.
0:59.4	I did not know that.
1:01.5	That's fantastic.
1:03.1	I have some trepidations.
1:04.9	Oh, it'll be great.
1:05.8	You'll do great.
1:07.0	No, you do well in those settings.
1:08.5	If you want to tune into the View on Tuesday, April 14th, and if you've pre-ordered your book,
1:13.8	you will have your copy in hand on Tuesday.
1:16.8	So you can raise your copy high into the air while tuning in to the view.
1:22.7	And I don't know, it'll be an experience one way or the other, right?
1:27.0	By the way, just from a like, I envy your timing. Can I just say that? Like, I am so envy. I'm
1:34.3	green with envy over your timing because your book is coming out right after tariffs and right after the birthright citizenship argument, where the last branch standing argument is
1:46.4	sort of maximum right now. Your book is landing exactly the point where the court is agreeing
1:54.0	with the title of your book. That's incredible. If we're doing the Youngstown framework,
2:00.2	it's at the apex of its power.
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